OverviewInvestment StrategyPortfolio CompaniesNewsTeamNews
Former Significant Investments

Alpha Natural Resources
Alpha is a leading Central Appalachian coal producer that also has significant operations in Northern Appalachia.
details

Aquilex Corporation
Aquilex Corporation is an Atlanta-based holding company providing equipment and services to the power generation industry.
details

Asian American Coal, Inc.
A coal company that is headquartered in Beijing, China.
details

Asian Energy Holdings, LLC
A company formed to invest in coal companies in Asia-Pacific generally, and China in particular.
details

Basic Energy Services, Inc.
Basic Energy Services, Inc. provides well site services for oil and gas exploration and production companies.
details

Berco Resources, LLC
Berco Resources, LLC is a Denver based private oil and gas company with 25 million barrels of oil equivalent in proved reserves.
details

Berkley Petroleum Corp.,
Berkley Petroleum Corp., acquired by Anadarko Petroleum in March 2001, is engaged primarily in the exploration and development of natural gas.
details

Cal Dive International, Inc.
Cal Dive International, Inc. is a specialty oil field service company with a current equity market capitalization of $900 million.
details

Caledonia Oil & Gas Limited
Caledonia Oil & Gas Limited was formed in the second quarter of 2003 by First Reserve with the objective of acquiring and developing natural gas reserves in that market.
details

Chart Industries
Chart Industries is a leading global manufacturer of equipment used in the production, storage and end-use of hydrocarbon and industrial gases.
details

Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V.
Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V. is a global engineering and construction company specializing in the design and engineering, fabrication, field erection and repair of bulk liquid terminals, storage tanks, process vessels, low temperature and cryogenic storage facilities and other steel plate structures and their associated systems.
details

CiDRA
CiDRA is a privately owned technology company that designs and manufactures optical network products, including wavelength agile components and subsystems which allow for more precise control in long haul, short haul, metro, and access telecom networks.
details

Columbia Natural Resources
Columbia Natural Resources is engaged primarily in the exploration and production of natural gas in the Appalachian Basin.
details

Dresser-Rand
Dresser-Rand is the global market leader in the supply of compression and turbine equipment and services to the worldwide oil, gas, petrochemical and industrial process industries.
details

First Reserve Gas Company
First Reserve Gas Company ("GasCo") was a company established by First Reserve in January 1990 to own and operate gas storage systems for natural gas producers, pipeline companies and end users, principally local utilities, and industrial customers.
details

Foundation Coal Corporation
Foundation Coal Corporation is the fourth largest coal producer in the United States with a strong presence in Northern Appalachia and the Powder River Basin.
details

Greystone Petroleum, LLC
Greystone Petroleum was founded in 1994 to pursue acquisition of producing gas properties with development potential in the western interior seaway of North America.
details

Highland Energy
Highland Energy was created in January 1999 to capitalize on opportunities to acquire and develop natural gas reserves in the southern North Sea.
details

Maverick Tube Corporation
Maverick Tube Corporation is one of the largest U.S. manufacturers of oil country tubular goods (OCTG), the steel tubular products used in the completion of new oil and natural gas wells.
details

National Oilwell, Inc
National Oilwell, Inc. is the worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and sale of comprehensive systems and components used in oil and gas drilling and production.
details

Natural Resource Partners
NRP engages principally in the business of owning and managing coal properties in the three major coal-producing regions of the United States: Appalachia, the Illinois Basin and the Western United States.
details

New World Resources B.V.
The leading producer of coal in Central Europe, the company is principally engaged in the business of producing and marketing hard coal and coke in the Czech Republic.
details

Pacific Energy Partners
Pacific Energy Partners is engaged in the business of gathering, transporting, storing and distributing crude oil and other related products.
details

Petrel Energy Risk Management Ltd.
A company primarily reinsuring offshore energy wind risk in the Gulf of Mexico.
details

Pine Mountain Oil & Gas
Pine Mountain Oil & Gas was established in 1984 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pittston Coal Company, to identify, consolidate and manage Pittston's oil and gas resources.
details

Power Well Services
Power Well Services was established in February 2004 when First Reserve acquired Power Chokes, a U.S. oilfield choke rental and service company that provides critical components and systems in several applications synergistic to well testing.
details

Pride International, Inc.
Pride International, Inc. is a leading international provider of contract drilling and associated services related to the oil and gas exploration and production industry, both onshore and offshore.
details

Quanta Services
Quanta Services is a leading provider of specialized contracting services, delivering end-to-end network solutions for the electric power, telecommunications , broadband cable and gas pipeline industries.
details

Quintana Maritime Limited
An international seaborne carrier of dry bulk cargoes including iron ore, coal, and other minor bulk commodities.
details

Refinery Services
A platform company focusing on investments in refinery maintenance, service and upgrading within the refinery sector.
details

Superior Energy Services, Inc.
Superior Energy Services, Inc. is the leading provider of specialized oilfield services and equipment focusing on serving the production-related needs of oil and gas companies operating in the Gulf of Mexico.
details

T-3 Energy Services, Inc.
T-3 Energy Services, Inc., was formed in February 2000 by First Reserve and management as an acquisition vehicle to consolidate high-end equipment repair and specialty machining operations focused in the Gulf of Mexico.
details

Weatherford International, Inc
Weatherford International, Inc., the fourth largest oilfield service company, provides innovative mechanical solutions, technology and services for the drilling, completion and production sectors of the oil and gas industry.
details